JOHN Watt, 34, was sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to a number of serious domestic assault charges in the Dunfermline area between 1999 and 2013.

A MONSTER who charmed women before turning into a vicious brute has been jailed for four years.

John Watt left a series of partners battered, bruised and terrified in a 14-year reign of terror.

One of his victims was so scared that she would never be free of him if she had his baby that she was forced to have an abortion.

Females were wooed by his “ bad boy” image and charm. One said he started out “lovely” while another said he was “Prince Charming”. But the thug ended up treating at least six girls like punchbags, punching, kicking and slapping them.

He grabbed one victim with the throat so hard that she thought she was going to die. Another suffered two fractured ribs. Watt – a prisoner of HMP Perth – pled guilty to a number serious domestic assault charges in the Dunfermline area between 1999 and 2013.

He was caged at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday. Sentencing, judge Lady Wolffe told Watt, 34, he had caused his victims serious physical and emotional damage.

She added: “Several suffered panic attacks and depression and one has considered suicide. A home should be a place of safety and refuge, not a place of fear and abuse. Domestic abuse is not acceptable in a modern society and it is the responsibility of the court to reflect that understanding.”

Detective Sergeant Stuart Hunter, of Police Scotland’s domestic abuse investigation unit, said: “It is thanks to the bravery of his victims that we were able to catalogue his violent history and bring him to justice.”